3. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Cousins. B. Father and son. C. Uncle and nephew.

4. What does the woman mean? A. She must go home now. B. Her parents are worrying about her. C. She can stay a little longer. 5. What is Liu Dong? A. She is a writer. B. She is a teacher. C. She is a reporter. 6. Which of the following is true? A. The girl’s mother was born in 1955. B. The girl’s mother is three years younger than the girl’s father. C. The girl’s mother is as old as the girl’s father. 7. Why would the man like no more cakes? A. Because he wants to eat some bread. B. Because he doesn’t like cakes. C. Because he is full. 8. How is the man going to the cinema? A. By taxi. B. On foot. C. By bus.

9. What is the weather like now? A. Snowy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.

10. How many people were there at the meeting? A. About 4. B. About 14. C. About 40.

B. Listen to the passage and then choose the best answer. 11. Jane’s uncle lives in ________________. A. London B. New York C. Washington1

12. Jane is ___________ in the city. A. five B. fifteen C. ten 13. Jane will spend _____________ in the city. A. Christmas B. New Year’s Day C. her winter holiday 14. Jane will visit some ____________ in the city. A. zoos B. places of interest C. parks 15. Jane is going to the city ____________. A. by air B. by ship C. by train

II. Choose the best answer. （20 points） 1. The children ______ play football on the road. A. can’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t 2. —Must I do my homework at once? —No, you ___. A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. can’t 3. Christmas is ______ December 25. A. in B. on C. at 4. Is it easy ______ difficult to make potato salad? A. but B. or C. and 5. There is ______ bread on the table. A. many B. some C. few 6. It’s ______ good to sit in front of the computer the whole evening. A. not B. no C. none 7. If you play computer games for a long time, you _____ it hard to get up in the morning. A. found B. find C. will find 8. Early to bed and early to rise is good ______ you. A. to B. on C. for 9. You’d better _______ there on time. A. to get B. get C. getting 10. A healthy diet should give us what we need but not contain ______ fat or sugar. A. too much B. much too C. too many 11. We don’t want ______ couch potatoes. A. to B. to be C. be 12. —The printer is out of ______. Could you help me fix it? —Of course, I can. A. way B. order C. word 13. The power button is the same ______ the START button. A. with B. by C. as 14. ______ my carelessness, I made a mistake. A. In spite of B. Instead of C. Because of 15. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province in _______ China. A. southwest B. southeast C. northwest 16. Most of Sichuan food are ______ and spicy.

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A. salt B. hot C. sweet 17. —What other festivals do children like ______ Christmas? —Maybe Halloween. A. beside B. besides C. except 18. —When is Halloween? —_______. A. 31 September B. 31 October C. 31 November 19. —______ does “trick or treat” mean in English? —It means if you don’t treat them with candies, they will play tricks on you. A. Why B. What C. Which 20. —Do you like ballet? —Ballet? It ______ a bit boring to me. A. hears B. likes C. sounds III. Put the following Chinese into English or Put the following English into Chinese. (5 points) 1.对……感兴趣 2.卖光，售完 3.穿上，佩戴 4.碰巧，恰巧 5.把……传递给 6.computer games 7. pop music 8. junk food 9. mobile phone 10. Trick or Treat

IV. Complete the dialogue with the following sentences. (5 points) A. Would you like anything to drink? B. What can I get for you? C. And for the main course? D. Take your time. Waiter: Good morning. 1)___________________________? Customer: Um, I’m not really to order yet. Can I have a minute or two? Waiter: Certainly. 2)________________________. Customer: I’d like the vegetable soup to start with. Waiter: 3)_________________________? Customer: Roast beef and salad, please. Waiter: 4)_________________________? Customer: Just a bottle of water. Waiter: Thank you.

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V. Choose the best answer to complete the passage. (10points) Some people spend too much in front of the TV and eat too much junk food. They become lazier 1)______ lazier. They 2)______ couch potatoes. They say they like fast food 3)______ it is fast. But the bad thing about fast food is 4)______ can get as fat really fast. A healthy diet should give us what we need but not contain 5)______ fat or sugar. But fast food can give us much more 6)______ we need and it becomes fat and stays with us. So we start to look fat. We don’t want 7)______ couch potatoes. What can we do? The answer is: do more exercise, and you’ll be 8)______ and fit. Spend 9)______ time in front of the TV and computers, and you will be slim and smart. Go to the playground and join in all kinds of outdoor 10)_______, will you? 1. A. and B. but C. or 2. A. called B. call C. are called 3. A. so B. because C. because of 4. A. it B. they C. them 5. A. much too B. too much C. too many 6. A. then B. than C. there 7. A. being B. to be C. to 8. A. health B. healthy C. healthful 9. A. more B. less C. more or less 10. A. active B. activity C. activities

VI. Reading passage and choose the best answer. (15 points) A Mr John was a teacher at a school in a big city in the north of England. He usually went to France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays and he spoke French and German quite well. But one year Mr John said to one of his friends, “I’m going to have a holiday in Japan. But I can’t speak Japanese, so I am going to go to evening classes and have Japanese lessons for a month before I go.” He studied very hard for a month, and then his holidays began and he went to Japan. In Japan, Mr John spoke to many Japanese proudly, the Japanese listened to him patiently, but they shook their heads. When he came back a month later, his friend said to him, “Did you have any trouble with your Japanese when you were in Japan, John?” “No, I didn't have any trouble with it,” answered Mr John. “But the Japanese did!” 1. Mr John was a teacher at a school in _______. A. England B. France C. Germany D. Japan 2. Every year he was in for a few weeks during his summer holidays. A. France B. Germany C. France and Germany

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D. France or Germany 3. But one year he went to on holiday. A. China B. Japan C. Germany D. France 4. Mr John stayed in Japan for ________. A. few weeks B. a few weeks C. ten months D. more than a year 5. Which statement is right? A. Mr John can’t speak German very well. B. Mr John studied very hard, and he could speak Japanese quite well. C. Three months later, he went to Japan. D. He found Japanese difficult, but the Japanese were very kind. B London is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is also one of the biggest. But New York is big, too. It is as big as London if it isn’t bigger. There are many streets, beautiful shops and big factories in it. The streets in New York are just as crowded as in London. And the buses in New York carry more people every day than in London. There are many palaces in London. New York isn’t as old as London, and it has not many old buildings. The buildings in London are as high as those in New York. Now there is a school in New York. It has no class teachers and no school buildings. The students themselves learn and go over their lessons. They are 15 to 18. They live near the city. And the students study very hard. They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city. The people like the work of the school very much and want to do it better. 1. There are ______ cities in this passage. A. one B. two C. three D. four 2. There are in London. A. streets B. shops C. beautiful palaces D. A and B and C 3. There are in New York. A. streets and shops B. factories C. old palaces D. both A and B 4. The old buildings in London are _____ than the ones in New York. A. less B. many C. more D. a lot of 5. The students in this school______. A. teach themselves B. have class teachers C. don’t work hard